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酱油

soy sauce

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

jiang4you2 • jiàngyóu

Meaning

Primary

soy sauce

Mnemonic

酱油 Soy sauce is a 酱 sauce that contains some amount of fermented soybean 油 oil in it.

Usage

这 道 菜 需要 一点 酱油。

This dish needs some soy sauce.

我 喜欢 把 酱油 倒 在 米饭 上。

I like to pour soy sauce over rice.

请 给 我 一点 酱油。

Please give me some soy sauce.